The rock will certainly not save this album, but you can a hold on Fall Out Boy want to develop themselves and their sound. Accordingly, the new musical direction is slightly heavier, hard rocking and the lyrics are no longer fun punk TeenAngst but so proper adult problems. In some places, this works surprisingly well, at others it is a bit confusing. It may be that the confused impression still loose, but who knows that already ...
The Phoenix is an example of the first category, a brisk, hard song with riffs from the Industrial drawer, the then but quickly gets the curve and typical Fall Out Boy is. YOUNG VOLCANOES has a high recognition value and was indeed already published. The percussion grooves gorgeous and gives the song a special touch. A RAT TAT is wonderful no-frills punk pop / rock, easy, fast, melodic. Because it makes not matter that Courtney Love, the Indie wreck which probably very few still know, can sing along. Nothing really new, but as I said crunchy and good. SAVE ROCK AND ROLL is a delightful little wacky opera, acts badly at first listen, but if you stand on so much music in pop style, then you will be very well served with the full program: strings, a delightfully pathetic melody and Elton John (!!!! , yes, read! properly, the younger will not know him, the older will shudder), which makes a surprisingly good figure. WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK is an example from the drawer of comic songs, sorry, so much in the combination of hip hop and rock like, here it does not seem to me so successful.
As I said, somehow a bit new and harder, somehow a bit familiar. In any case, please check it out in advance whether the new elements like.
